Last month, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) announced that the PS4 has cumulatively sold through more than 40 million units to consumers worldwide as of May 22, 2016, continuing to demonstrate the fastest-selling console in PlayStation history.
Square Enix has announced that PS2 title Final Fantasy XII will be remastered in HD for the PS4. The title will be called Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age and will release sometime in 2017. The game will feature higher resolution visuals and cutscenes, 7.1 surround sound and much faster load times.
No Man’s Sky was recently delayed, with Hello Games stating that “some key moments needed extra polish to bring them up to our standards.” As a result, the game will miss it’s original release date of 24th June 2016, and will now be releasing on August 9th 2016 in North America, and 10th August 2016 in Europe and the UK.
An open beta for The Tomorrow Children on the PS4 will begin tomorrow morning, Q-Games has announced. The beta will start on Friday, 6th June at 9am BST, and will last for 72 hours. The beta client is already available to download from the PlayStation Store, letting you pre-load the game before the beta starts.
This week’s European PlayStation Store update includes a large number of new PS4 games, with 15 new games available for purchase. New PS4 games include Dead Island Definitive Collection and Valkyria Chronicles Remastered. You can also find a couple of new PS Vita games, and new DLC for titles including The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Hitman.
Sony has revealed the six new games that will be joining the PlayStation Plus line-up this month. The new games will be live on the PlayStation Store from 7th June 2016, and includes NBA 2K16 (PS4) and Gone Home (PS4). The line-up also includes two PS3 games, a PS Vita launch title and a PSP game.
To celebrate the long weekend in the UK and Memorial Day in the USA, Naughty Dog are holding a Uncharted 4 multiplayer bonus weekend starting this evening. You’ll be able to earn a 50% Relic bonus on all challenges from 8:00pm BST today, until Tuesday, 31st May 2016, at 8:00p GMT.
The PlayStation Now service has just had a major update in Europe, bringing 29 games from Capcom and SNK. The new additions include titles from blockbuster franchises like Devil May Cry and Resident Evil. PlayStation Now is also available in Belgium and Netherlands as of this week too.
A report from Kotaku last night reports that one of this year’s anticipated games, No Man’s Sky, has been delayed. The game, which will be releasing on PS4 and PC, was expected to release on 22nd June 2016, but two sources have told Kotaku that the game has been delayed with no new release date.
The US PlayStation Store update this week is considerably larger than Europe’s one, with nine new PS4 games, one new PS3 game and two new PS Vita games added. New games include Overwatch (PS4), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants In Manhattan (PS4, PS4) and Downwell (PS4, PS Vita). You can also find new DLC for a various PS4 and PS3 games.
